Talks to end Finland's nationwide port strike that has crippled the nation's foreign trade will resume on Tuesday, March 16.
The port employers' association and the AKT transport workers union agreed to meet again after the government-appointed mediator called for a resumption of talks on the twelfth day of the walk-out by some 3,400 longshoremen.
Talks were suspended on Friday following a failure to narrow differences between the two sides over the key issue of compensation for laid-off dockworkers.
The strike, which began on March 4, has idled 60 percent of Finland's paper making capacity as producers have run out of storage space.
The electronics industry, which relies heavily on imported components, faces widespread disruption if the strike continues through the week.
The Outokumpu steel company has warned it may be forced to stop production of stainless steel and ferrochrome.
The port employers' association and the AKT transport workers union agreed to meet again after the government-appointed mediator called for a resumption of talks on the twelfth day of the walk-out by some 3,400 longshoremen.
Talks were suspended on Friday following a failure to narrow differences between the two sides over the key issue of compensation for laid-off dockworkers.
The strike, which began on March 4, has idled 60 percent of Finland's paper making capacity as producers have run out of storage space.
The electronics industry, which relies heavily on imported components, faces widespread disruption if the strike continues through the week.
The Outokumpu steel company has warned it may be forced to stop production of stainless steel and ferrochrome.